Film · 1979 · Films · 1970s
Apocalypse Now
Two parallel scores from 1,053 z-qualifying reviewers and 1,119 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.566 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 8.29 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 8.38 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.515 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 1,053 / 1,119 |
Summary
During the Vietnam War, an Army captain is sent on a covert mission upriver into Cambodia to locate and eliminate a rogue Army Special Forces colonel who has disappeared into the jungle and established himself as a godlike figure among local forces. As the captain's crew navigates deeper into hostile territory, they encounter the brutal reality of the war and discover disturbing truths about their target.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
1,053 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.566. DB2 raw mean = 8.38.
90% CI-floor = +0.515. Thin samples penalized.
Global 91.1 / cohort 89.2. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1970s
